The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 2187
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
11:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3266
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.24° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.27° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.